M5.2 earthquake 122 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 122 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Dec 30, 2017, 5:20 AM GMT-3 (08:20 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 100 km ESE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-30 08:20:51 UTC
- Depth
- 103.3 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.343° S, 69.428° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 206°, dip 25°, rake -56°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 349°, dip 69°, rake -104°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 115
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.3100 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3175 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 64
- 4.7120 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3144 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.059 km E of Arica, Chile · 3207 days ago · 142 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.283 km E of Arica, Chile · 3212 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.444 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3214 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.784 km S of Arica, Chile · 3216 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000by24 (also filed as iscgem611612542). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.